BAR GRATING / STAIR TREADS
ROCKCRETE USA has a steel service center specializing in Grating Products. We offer a complete line-up including Metal Grating such as Welded Steel Bar Grating, Stair Treads as well as Molded and Pultruded Fiberglass. Since 2005 our goal has been to provide the best, customer focused service in the metals industry to all customers, whether your requirement is large or small. Operating in 52 states, we are uniquely qualified and capable of handling even the most challenging and demanding projects. Our knowledgeable, friendly sales personnel routinely work together with Engineers, Designers, Architects, Buyers,
and Maintenance personnel to quickly and effectively find solutions to their needs. Welded carbon heavy duty steel grating is the most popular choice where high strength is the primary grating requirement. The main bars are slotted and assembled with cross bars which are welded with one fillet weld at every joint. Stainless steel can also be provided for those high corrosive applications. This product meets the demanding vehicle loading requirements of AASHTO and is geared to handle heavy rolling loads.Provided is a list of traditional and emerging applications of grating that Rockcrete USA continues to pioneer.
APPLICATIONS FOR THIS PRODUCT INCLUDE:

- TRENCH GRATING
- HIGHWAY TRENCHES
- MANHOLE COVERS
- AIRPORT TRENCHES
- COVER TRENCHES IN PLANTS
- SIDEWALK GRATES
- BRIDGE DECKING
- ACCESS TO PUBLIC AND GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS
- STAIR TREADS
- AIRPORT RAMPS
- AIRPLANE LANDING MATS
- MACHINERY SUPPORT TRENCHES
- COMMERCIAL ENTRANCEWAYS
- BRIDGE SIDEWALKS
- CATWALKS
Welded Bar Grating is resistance welded to create a rugged, one piece constructed panel. The
bearing bars are automatically resistance welded at the contact point with the cross bars and, under a combination of high heat and pressure, are fused together to form a permanent joint. The cross bars provide a high degree of rigidity, yet retain a smooth flat surface for free and easy walking. Slip resistant surfaces are available. Standard grating panels are 3 ft. wide x either 20 ft. or 24 ft. long.
DEFINITIONS:
Anchor: A device by which grating is attached to its supports. Band: A flat bar welded to the end of a grating panel, or along the line of a cutout, and extending neither above nor below the bearing bars. Load Carrying Band: A band used in a cutout to transfer the load from unsupported bearing bars in the cutout to the supported bearing bears. Trim Band: A band which carries no load, but is used chiefly to improve appearance.
Bearing Bars: Load-carrying bars made from steel strip or slit sheet or from rolled or extruded aluminum and extending in the direction of the grating span. Bearing Bar Centers: The distance center to center of the bearing bars. Carriers: Flats or angles which are welded to the grating panel and nosing of a stair tread and are bolted to a stair stringer to support the tread.
Clear Opening: The distance between faces of bearing bars in a rectangular grating, or between a bent connecting bar and a bearing bar in a riveted grating. Cross Bars: The connecting bars, made from steel strip, slit sheet, or rolled bars, or from rolled or extruded aluminum, which extend across the bearing bars, usually perpendicular to them. They may be bent into a corrugated or sinuous patter and, where they intersect the bearing bars, are welded, forged or mechanically locked to them.
Cross Bar Centers: The distance center to center of the cross bars. Curved Cut: A cutout following a curved pattern. Cutout: An area of grating removed to clear an obstruction or to permit pipes, ducts, columns, etc to pass through the grating. Electro-Forged: A process combining hydraulic pressure and heat fusion to forge bearing bars and cross bars into a panel grid. Finish: The coating, usually paint or galvanizing which is applied to the grating Flush Top Grating: A type of pressure-locked grating in which the cross bars and bearing bars are in the same plane relative to the top surface of the grating. Grating: An open grid assembly of metal bars, in which the bearing bars, running in one direction, are spaced by rigid attachment to cross bars running perpendicular to them or by bent connecting bars extending between them.
Hinged Panels: Grating panels which are hinged to their supports or to other grating parts. I-Bar: An extruded aluminum bearing bar having a cross sectional shape resembling the letter “I”. Length: The dimension of a grating panel measured parallel to the bearing bars. Also referred to as span. Load-Carrying Band: see BAND. Nosing: A special L-section member serving as the front or leading edge of a stair tread, or of grating at the head of a stair. Pressure-Locked Grating: Grating in which the cross bars are mechanically locked to the bearing bars at their intersections by deforming or swaging the metal.
Radially Cut Grating: Rectangular grating which is cut into panels shaped as annular segments, for use in circular or annular areas. Reticuline Bar: A sinuously bent connecting bar extending between two adjacent bearing bars, alternating contacting and being riveted to each. Rivet Centers: The distance center to center of rivets along one bearing bar. Riveted Grating: Grating composed of straight bearing bars and bent connecting bars, which are joined, at their contact points, by riveting. Serrated Grating: Grating which has the top surfaces of the bearing bars or cross bars, or both, notched. Span of Grating: The distance between points of grating support, or the direction of this dimension. Also referred to as length. Straight Cut: That portion of the cut edge or cutout of a grating which follows a straight line. Swaging: A method of altering the cross-sectional shape of a metal bar by pressure applied through dies.
Toe plate: A flat bar attached against the outer edge of a grating or rear edge of a tread, and projecting above the top surface of grating or tread to form a lip or curb. Tread: A panel of grating having carriers and nosing attached by welding, and designed specifically to serve as a stair tread. Welded Grating: Grating in which the bearing bars and cross bars are joined at their intersections by a weld. Width: The overall dimension of a grating panel, measured perpendicular to the bearing bars, and in the same direction as the cross bars.
BAR GRATING WEIGHTS PER SQUARE FOOT
*Highlighted Items represent 80-90% of All Bar Grating usage.
| Bearing Bar Size |
19-W-4 |
19-W-2 |
15-W-4 |
15-W-2 |
| 3/4″ x 3/16″ |
5.5* |
6.0 |
6.6 |
7.3 |
| 1″ x 1/8″ |
4.9 |
5.5 |
5.9 |
6.6 |
| 1″ x 3/16″ |
7.1* |
7.2 |
8.6 |
9.2 |
| 1″ x 1/4″ |
9.2 |
10.0 |
11.5 |
12.3 |
| 1-1/4″ x 1/8″ |
6.0 |
6.4 |
7.2 |
7.8 |
| 1-1/4″ x 3/16″ |
8.7* |
9.0 |
10.4 |
11.1 |
| 1-1/4″ x 1/4″ |
11.4 |
12.0 |
14.1 |
14.9 |
| 1-1/2″ x 1/8″ |
7.1 |
7.5 |
8.3 |
9.1 |
| 1-1/2″ x 3/16″ |
10.3* |
10.6 |
12.4 |
13.0 |
| 1-1/2″ x 1/4″ |
13.5 |
14.2 |
16.8 |
17.6 |
| 1-3/4″ x 3/16″ |
12.1 |
13.2 |
14.6 |
15.4 |
| 1-3/4″ x 1/4″ |
15.7 |
17.4 |
19.9 |
20.8 |
| 2″ x 3/16″ |
13.8* |
14.8 |
16.7 |
17.5 |
| 2″ x 1/4″ |
18.1 |
19.1 |
22.6 |
23.7 |
| 2-1/4″ x 3/16″ |
14.8 |
15.7 |
18.5 |
19.4 |
| 2-1/4″ x 1/4″ |
20.0 |
21.1 |
25.4 |
26.2 |
| 2-1/2″ x 3/16″ |
17.0 |
17.2 |
20.5 |
21.3 |
| 2-1/2″ x 1/4″ |
22.1 |
23.2 |
28.1 |
29.0 |
LOWEST PRICES GURANTEED on all custom manufactured Grating and Stair treads!
ROCKCRETE USA offers custom manufacturing and fabrication of all our products. We offer the best pricing in the industry on custom manufactured and fabricated bar grating and fiberglass grating. So whether your needs simply require stock panels, or
you need a completely engineered and fabricated, turn-key job delivered with construction drawings and corresponding pieces tags, we’re ready to help! Our stock panels are available on immediate or short-term notice through our extensive distributor network in 2′ and 3′ widths and 20′ and 24′ lengths (spans.) Rockcrete USA has been providing tailor-made grating solutions to customers in a broad spectrum of industries. Our ability to design, manufacture, deliver and install a wide variety of metal grating for difficult or complex customer specifications is one of the capabilities that makes Rockcrete USA the choice for major municipal, industrial and commercial projects.
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